1789 Piety Promoted - Quaker Memorials By John Kendal, Full Leather

Antique late 18th-century volume titled Piety Promoted: In Brief Memorials of the Virtuous Lives, Services, and Dying Sayings of Some of the People Called Quakers, originally compiled by John Tomkins and others, revised by John Kendal. Bound in full period leather with a warm patina. Interior includes period typography and a publisher’s catalogue page. Notable for early Quaker religious history and biographical memorial literature. Retains an early ownership inscription dated May 1, 1868, and a pasted library rules sheet from the Lynn Preparative Meeting of Friends, adding historical provenance.
Measures 7" x 4.5".
Condition:
Complete but worn. Leather binding with edge wear, scuffing, and rubbing; corners softened. Pages show toning, foxing, and staining, including damp staining to lower margins.
Overall a well-preserved example in as-found antique condition.

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